Public interest in animal tuberculosis is mainly focused on prevention and eradication of
bovine tuberculosis in cattle and wildlife. In cattle, immunodiagnostic tests such as the
tuberculin skin test or the interferon gamma (IFN-γ) assay have been established and are
commercially available. Feline tuberculosis is rather unknown, and the available diagnostic
tools are limited. However, infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex members
need to be considered an aetiological differential diagnosis in cats with granulomatous …